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While an interesting article, I wish people didn't feel the need to try to make things out to be more 'exciting' than they likely are. I think it takes away a l

While an interesting article, I wish people didn't feel the need to try to make things out to be more 'exciting' than they likely are. I think it takes away a lot from the real reasons to be excited. This seems to be common in astronomy journalism. "Hmm, we've observed something weird. What could be some reasonable explanations? We'll dedicate 3 to 4 sentences on those then spend the rest of the article talking about Dyson Spheres and extraterrestrial star ships."

aftbit 7y ago
Do you know a better article that dives into the reasonable explanations and only spends 1-2 sentences on "maybe it's aliens"?
rosybox 7y ago
This article escalated quickly from dots on a photograph to discussing the viability of Dyson spheres.
mellosouls 7y ago
Unfortunately in some cases - like this one - the original paper is highlighting the 'aliens' hypothesis, so the journalists can hardly be blamed for running with it. From the abstract: The implications of finding such objects extend from traditional astrophysics fields to the more exotic searches for evidence of technologically advanced civilizations https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ab570f#artAbst https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ab570f#...
dang 7y ago
Ok, we've changed the URL from https://www.airspacemag.com/daily-planet/stellar-mystery-how-could-100-stars-just-vanish-180973821/ https://www.airspacemag.com/daily-planet/stellar-mystery-how... to a different popular article that seems to dwell on topic somewhat longer before the aliens show up.